Pedro Segarra

HARTFORD – Political leaders held a community forum Thursday night in the North End to discuss what path to take given the continuing violence in the city, which had its 19th homicide last weekend. U.S. Reps. John B. Larson, D-1st District, and Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, joined a group of about 50 residents and city activists at the Parker Memorial Community Center to answer questions and discuss strategies to prevent future violence. Mayor Pedro E. Segarra, who had issued a press release Wednesday saying that he would participate in the forum, did not attend. He was represented by the city's chief operating officer, Darrell V. Hill, and Councilman Kyle Anderson. The...